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To amend Code Section 40-5-53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when courts are to send licenses and reports of convictions to the department and retention of license by the department, so as to change certain provisions relating to conviction notification requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Code Section 40-5-53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when courts are to send licenses and reports of convictions to the department and retention of license by the department, is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting in its place the following:
"(b) Every court in each county of this state having jurisdiction over offenses committed under this chapter and Chapter 6 of this title or any other law of this state or ordinance adopted by a local authority regulating the operation of motor vehicles on highways shall forward to the department, within ~~ten~~ three days after the conviction of any person in such court for a violation of any such law other than regulations governing speeding in a noncommercial motor vehicle for which no points are assigned under Code Section 40-5-57, standing, or parking, a uniform citation form authorized by Article 1 of Chapter 13 of this title. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, in satisfaction of the reporting requirement of this subsection, the courts of this state may transmit the information contained on the uniform citation form by electronic means, provided that the department has first given approval to the reporting court for the electronic reporting method utilized. The department shall pay to the clerk of the court forwarding the required report 40¢ for each report transmitted electronically and 10¢ for each report transmitted otherwise; and notwithstanding any general or local law to the contrary, the clerk shall pay such fees over to the general fund of the city or county operating the court."